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The intermediate architectural design studio that engages the design of streets, plazas and other urban space from the human-scale for the betterment of health. The studio will be integrated with the seminar, media and advanced technology courses and provide an opportunity for students to use urban theory, data and media to inform data driven smart city design. The course will teach students to identify urban problems. They will be research, experience and observe these problem in-situ and remotely.

This course satisfies the Design Technology requirment for Architecture majors at the University of Oregon.  New data collection and computation techniques provide the opportunity for open, experiential and systematic understanding of site. The use of handheld mobile technology and new inexpensive microprocessors and sensors provides opportunity to bring the power of information to the lowest user level without the influence of larger economic and political forces.